Maybe we can make up for this by havingMaurizio Cattelanbury something under the new museum, I mean, three-story glass atrium? Wow, what a coup! A Maurizio Cattelan! Buried right under our own three-story glass atrium!

Now that I've seen how he made the other fountains, I'm even more dissapointed with what we had. It was surrounded by red brick and invisible to anyone not already in the museum! Ick! Hey, let's have someone build us a beautiful block fountain and keep it in the cellar! Bah, they look better where they're more visible to the public.

I loved this "fountain," or the idea of it... but it had a history of not working well from its inaugeration. During its premiere everyone paused as the fountain was supposed to come on - and it didn't! GASP!

I think it had something to do with a physical plant worker unknowingly turning off a certain valve prior - but still.

The fountain hasn't been a fountain in so many years... it has been rather odd looking landscape architecture and a strange venue for concerts. Of course I am not confident that whatever they will build will be much better since the lowest bidder rarely does a great job. It is a state institution, after all. Great art doesn't need a great building to house it. Good lighting and clever installation can make a warehouse a great place to look at art.